War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social Experience. Conflict. Commentary.
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Ian Ford 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @ianford.bsky.social Recent emigrant from the Other Place. 
Matt Duss @mattduss.bsky.social EVP at @cipolicy.bsky.social.
Derek Barker @dwmbarker.bsky.social Senior program officer for research initiatives, Kettering Foundation. Leads Kettering-Gallup Democracy for All Project annual survey. Studies democracy, virtue ethics, and Aristotle; Orioles fan.
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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social Political scientist & part-time farmer. Books: 'On Revolutions' (2022), 'Civil Resistance' (2021), & 'The Politics of Terror' (2019). Coming soon: 'Bread & Roses' & 'The End of People Power.' https://www.ericachenoweth.com. What a time to be alive.
The Times of Central Asia @timesca.com The First English Language media outlet on the region, est. 1999. Central Asia's independent news source - covering politics, economics, culture, social issues, and foreign affairs. timesca.com Contact us: bit.ly/4g1ijim
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social Political science professor at UPenn, studying migration and forced displacement, human trafficking, and poor governance. Co-director of the Penn Development Research Initiative (PDRI-DevLab). Website: https://guygrossman.com
Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social Senior Lecturer for European Politics and History at King's College London. Opinions my own. RT not always endorsement.
Also to be found at @APHClarkson
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Miriam Elder @miriamelder.bsky.social Executive Editor, Features @ CNN
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Laurence Broers @laurencebroers.bsky.social Researcher and practitioner, contemporary South Caucasus | associate fellow, Chatham House | co-editor-in-chief, Caucasus Survey
Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social Exec. Director, Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy & Innovation/Asst. Professor of Practice, @OleMiss.bsky.social;
Board: @npcinstitute.bsky.social; @juristnews.bsky.social; Ex VOA White House bureau chief; 2022 Kiplinger Fellow; W7DQ on ham radio
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Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social Liberal talking head (co-host of The Five on Fox News) and excellent mom if I do say so myself. Democracy enthusiast. Perusing the blue skies. 
U.S. Institute of Peace @usip.org The United States Institute of Peace is a premier peacebuilding organization. Congress founded USIP in 1984 as an independent nonprofit corporation dedicated to promoting peace by preventing, mitigating and resolving violent conflict abroad. www.usip.org
shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social crows can hold grudges for 17 years. amateurs.
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com I'm a political scientist in the @mccourtschool.bsky.social. I study trust in institutions & media effects on the public. Apologies for typos.
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Agnieszka Pikulicka @aga-pik.bsky.social Journalist focusing on Eastern Europe & Central Asia | Founder of Turan Tales | Author of "Nowy Uzbekistan" (in PL) | Words: Reuters, AJE, AP, the Guardian, FP
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social @ksvesq.bsky.social’s husband; father of daughters; professor @georgetownlaw.bsky.social; #SCOTUS nerd @CNN.com
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Gerard Toal @critgeopolitics.bsky.social Political Geographer from 🇮🇪
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Terrell Jermaine Starr @terrelljstarr.bsky.social Watch my Ukraine reporting at Terrell J Starr Official YouTube and Substack.
Tymofiy Mylovanov @mylovanov.bsky.social President, Kyiv School of Economics; Minister of economy, Ukraine, 2019-2020; Associate professor, University of Pittsburgh
Just Security @justsecurity.org Forum on law, rights, and security. Editorial Board includes professors, top civil society attorneys, former senior government officials.
Steve Swerdlow @steveswerdlow.bsky.social Human rights lawyer, Associate Professor of the Practice of Human Rights, Dept. of Pol. Science & Int'l Relations @usc.edu Former @hrw.org. Central Asia, Caucasus, Ukraine, Eurasia.
Brian Barrett @brbarrett.bsky.social Executive Editor, WIRED
Nicolas Bouchet @nickbouchet.bsky.social German Marshall Fund Senior Visiting Fellow.
US foreign policy, democratization, democracy promotion, civil society. Throw in some Eastern Europe and Russia and we're mostly good to go.
Oksana Markarova @oksanamarkarova.bsky.social Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to the USA 🇺🇦Financier, Mother of 4, Ukraine's Minister of Finance 2018-2020
Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social Staff writer @newyorker, proud wife of @peterbakernyt and mom of @tab_delete, co-author, "Kremlin Rising," "The Man Who Ran Washington," and "The Divider: Trump in the White House."
Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business, serial entrepreneur, and host of the Prof G and Pivot Podcasts.
Maria Avdeeva @mariainkharkiv.bsky.social Security Expert | Amplifying Ukraine's Global Voice | Former Twitter Enthusiast
Fran Hirsch @franhirsch.bsky.social Historian. Author of Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg and Empire of Nations. Currently writing and teaching courses about the history of Russian-American entanglement. 
Kristina Hook @kristinahook.bsky.social Asst. Professor, Conflict Management, Kennesaw State University. Fellow, Atlantic Council. PhD, University of Notre Dame. Anthropology in Ukraine since 2015. Genocide/atrocity prevention 
Alexander S. Vindman @avindman.bsky.social Dad. Husband. Vet. Ex NSC/White House Staff.
Epp Annus @epp-annus.bsky.social Cultural studies scholar with a focus on environments, Soviet rule, the Baltic states, decoloniality. A writer. A sea person.
With an aversion to profile pictures
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
Acyn @acyn.bsky.social Senior Digital Editor for MeidasTouch.com
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The RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social The RUTA Association for Central, South-Eastern, and Eastern European, Baltic, Caucasus, Central and Northern Asia Studies in Global Conversation
Eugene Huskey @eehj.bsky.social Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Stetson University. Deland, Fl and Tulsa, Ok. Interests in politics and law in Eurasia and American populism.
Dan Nexon @dhnexon.net Professor in the Department of Government and the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
Power Politics | Empires | International Order
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Salome @salome-gongadze.bsky.social I like riding the bus. Opinions vary but always my own. In DC and sometimes abroad. 🇺🇦
Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social Entrepreneur
Costplusdrugs.com
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Abdujalil Abdurasulov @abdujalil.bsky.social BBC News journalist in Kyiv
Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com Insights on int'l security, intel, Russia | Research Fellow @ICDS-Tallinn.bsky.social | ivanklyszcz.com | Tweets reflect my views only
Una Bergmane @unabergmane.bsky.social Historian working on Soviet collapse. Author of "Politics of Uncertainty: the United States, the Baltic Question and the Collapse of the Soviet Union." (OUP, 2023)
Researcher at the University of Helsinki🇫🇮
From Latvia 🇱🇻🇪🇺
Johan Engvall @jengvall.bsky.social Research on Central Asia, South Caucasus, Russia
Deputy Research Director at Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)
Dimitar Bechev @dimitarbechev.bsky.social Director of the Dahrendorf Programme
St Antony's College, Oxford and Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe
Author: Rival Power: Russia in Southeast Europe and Turkey under Erdoğan (Yale)
Togzhan Kassenova @togzhankassenova.bsky.social Almaty-born, DC-based expert on nuclear politics and financial crime prevention
Author of Atomic Steppe: How Kazakhstan Gave Up the Bomb (Stanford University Press, 2022)
http://www.togzhankassenova.com
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The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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Europe-Asia Studies @europe-asia.bsky.social Since 1949, the principal academic journal in the world focusing on history + current political-social-economic affairs in Russia, Eastern Europe, Eurasia.
Dmitri Alperovitch @dmitri.silverado.org Geopolitics, Russia, China, Cyber
Chairman @silverado.org
Author of WorldOnTheBrink.com
Host GeopoliticsDecanted.com podcast
Founder Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS
Co-Founder CrowdStrike
@DAlperovitch elsewhere
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social TIPS: Email me at nhannahjones@nytimes.com or send a Signal nhannahjones.67 //Founder Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard Univ// Staff writer at NYT Mag// Creator #1619Project// History blerd//Smart and Thuggish
Ellen Smith Hogan @tixie.bsky.social artist, farmette-er, old lady, former rocket scientist, bright D, stuck in Flor'da, #leguminati #murderino #mfm #dailybeans
Alex Dukalskis @alexdukalskis.bsky.social Research & teach on authoritarian states and human rights. Head of @ucdpolitics.bsky.social (opinions my own, obvs.)
Publications: https://tinyurl.com/bdfcnf8u
Academic Freedom Officer @psaireland.bsky.social & editorial board @cpcs.bsky.social
Scott Gehlbach @sgehlbach.bsky.social University of Chicago, Political Science and Harris School. Director, PhD Program in Political Economy. Autocracy/Eurasia/HPE. Blogging at scottgehlbach.bearblog.dev. Cards fan but o/w Chicago patriot. 🇺🇦
Ariana Gic @arianagic.bsky.social Writer, activist, political and legal analyst. Director @DI_IntCentreUA. Senior Advisor @ceed_toronto. Sanctioned by Russia.
Co-author of upcoming book, “Unrecognized War” http://cup.columbia.edu/book/unrecognized-war/9783838219479
Madi Kapparov @kapparov.bsky.social Here in strictly personal capacity.
http://savelife.in.ua/en/don
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty [Unofficial] @rferl.org.web.brid.gy Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is an international media organization headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, and Washington, D.C. RFE/RL’s mission is to promote […]
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Brent Hierman @bhierman.bsky.social Political Science, Central Asia, Land Reform, Political Economy
Vera Mironova @mironovavera.bsky.social Author of “From Freedom Fighters to Jihadists. Human Resources of Non State Armed Groups”(OUP). Affiliations @Harvard @MiddleEastInst and @ForeignPolicy.
Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com Dad. Husband. Former GOP congressman. Voted to impeach Trump. Now fighting for our democracy. Lt. Col. Air National Guard (ret). Founder of Country First
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social Focus: Russia, intel, Eastern Europe.
Senior Fellow @cepa.org
Syria-Ukraine Network
Substack: https://olgalautman.substack.com/
Twitter: @OlgaNYC1211
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Michael Hall @mishahall.bsky.social Bostonian expat living in New York. Human rights. Academic freedom. Languages/linguistics. Russia, Central/Inner Asia. Politics of memory/commemoration. Books. The occasional lighthouse. Personal account, views expressed are my own. Repost≠endorsement. 🇺🇦🍉
Anders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social Economist & author, specializing in the economics of Eastern Europe, especially Russia & Ukraine.
Jeff Mankoff @drjmankoff.bsky.social Scholar and analyst of Russia and Eurasia at NDU and CSIS. Author of Empires of Eurasia: How Imperial Legacies Shape International Security (Yale, 2022) and Russian Foreign Policy: The Return of Great Power Politics (Rowman & Littlefield, 2012).
@pannierb.bsky.social @pannierb.bsky.social 
Juliet Johnson @excubs.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at McGill University. Money, trust, memory politics, central banks, and financial nationalism.
Alex Raufoglu @ralexdc.bsky.social ✍️ DC Correspondent covering Eastern Europe | @AmericanU 🎓 | @ForeignPressUSA Board | Posts=personal
Asel Doolotkeldieva @adoolotkeldieva.bsky.social Protest & contentious politics. Autocracy, populism.
Geopolitics, critical raw materials, extractive industries.
Knowledge production, Central Asia
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Steven Seegel @stevenseegel.bsky.social professor at the University of Texas at Austin, maphead, dog lover, Go Bills, slow marathon runner, opinions mine
Anna Colin Lebedev @colinlebedev.cpesr.fr Enseignante chercheuse en science politique @ U Paris Nanterre. Russie, Ukraine, guerre. Quitte définitivement X le 20/1/25. colinlebedev.fr
Sher Khashimov @skhashimov.bsky.social Freelance journalist and researcher covering press freedom, regional conflicts, migration, and digital politics in Eurasia.
sherkhashimov.com
zeynep tufekci @zey.bsky.social It is said that there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all
Tereza Hendl @terezahendl.bsky.social Philosopher / global (health) justice, critical perspectives on East-West hierarchies of knowledge / decolonial, antifascist and CEE feminisms and art / she/they/Dr
RUTA Association (Board Member), CEE Feminist Research Network, IRG-GHJ
colleen wood @colleenwood.rocks I teach political science at a big community college in Minnesota. I study digital politics and authoritarianism in Central Asia. Opinions expressed here are mine; views do not reflect the state of Minnesota or U.S. government.
Brian Taylor @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social Professor @supolisci.bsky.social and Director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, @maxwellsu.bsky.social, @syracuseu.bsky.social. Latest book: Russian Politics: A Very Short Introduction. http://amzn.to/3gdhiFe
Rob Rakove @robrakove.bsky.social Historian at Stanford University, author of "Kennedy, Johnson, and the Nonaligned World" and "Days of Opportunity: The United States and Afghanistan Before the Soviet Invasion." It's good to have options.
Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
https://sirenscallbook.com/
Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social On #CentralAsia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. #PhD&memes, mostly. Call sign: Academic kelin. PlovINT, random rants.
Ed Schatz @edwardschatz.bsky.social Political Scientist, Central Asianist, University of Toronto
Posting about politics, authoritarianism, and Central Asia.
Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social I make Dad jokes on NPR and also write books and other things. 
Katherine E. Young @katherineeyoung.bsky.social Poet Laureate emerita, Arlington, VA. Winner (w/ Akram Aylisli), 2026 EBRD Literature Prize. Translator of Akram Aylisli (fiction), Anna Starobinets (memoir), & Russian-language poets from Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine. https://katherine-young-poet.com/
Caroline Eden @edentravels.bsky.social Writer about places. Red Sands: Reportage & Recipes Through Central Asia, ‘book of the year’ for the Sunday Times, FT and New Yorker. New memoir 'Cold Kitchen' (Bloomsbury) out now www.carolineeden.com
Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social Bestselling author of THEY KNEW, HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, THE VIEW FROM FLYOVER COUNTRY and THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP.
https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/
Dr Diana T. Kudaibergen @dianakudaibergen.bsky.social Political Sociologist, Decolonial Writer, Central Asian to the core.
Lecturing at @UCLSSEES.
Most of the times you can find me writing or rummaging around the steppe, deserts and valleys.
Fellow at Homerton College, previously at Cambridge Sociology
Emily Couch (Куч, не 🛋️) @emilycouchuk.bsky.social Human rights & democracy in Europe & Eurasia | Anti-racism, decolonisation | 🖊️ in Foreign Policy, The Moscow Times, Index on Censorship &c | Views mine
maikl @mhikaric.bsky.social Now and currently. Ex fmr + previously. ≠.
Cambridge Ukrainian Studies @camukrainistyka.bsky.social Cambridge Ukrainian Studies, an academic centre at the University of Cambridge. Advancing new approaches to teaching and researching Ukraine since 2008.
www.CambridgeUkrainianStudies.org
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